Lehigh county



UN ITED` j STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILSON KRESSLY, OF WASHINGTON, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOOTREST-FOR VELOCIPEDES.

SPECIFICATIONv forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 293,581, dated February-12, 1884.

' Application filed 'November 8,1883. (No model.) v u y to balance the foot-rest, second, to afford fa cilities for the rider to mount the vehicle; and,

` third, 'to give the person riding an easy and natural position for the foot. I attain these objects by the mechanism, as is fully set forth in the following specication, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is an under perspective View of my foot-rest; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the footrest, and Fig. 3 a perspective view ofthe footrest.

Similarletters refer to similar parts through` out the several views.

A designates a foot-rest.v which is preferably made of cast metal, adapted to the sole 'and heel of the boot, and provided with a toestrap, D, and a fastening, E, therefor. Near the heel-depression I of said. foot-rest Isecure a weight, B, by means of a bolt, L. The lower headed end of this bolt Ll and a small block pivotally secure a plate,- C, to the bottom of the foot-rest, which plate is provided with a segmental slot, a, near its rear end, that receives a hookfastening, F, which is attached to the heel of the foot-stand. By this device the foot-stand will accommodate itself to natural lateral movements of the foot of the rider.

To thevforward portion of the pivoted plate C, I adjustably secure the head b of the Weight B by means of screws and an interposed pack- Y l screws and said packingv the foot-stand can be tightened or loosened at its bearing on the weight B is hollow, as indicated at H, Fig. 1, for the purpose of receiving weights in such quantities as will balance the foot-stand at any desired position tosuit the rider. The

means of acap, G.

It will be observed that by means of the adjustable connection between the head b of the weight B and the plate G the foot-rest is held foot-stand can be adjusted at any desired angle with respect to a horizontal plane; also, that the pend-ant or Weight B-can be loaded as may be desired; also, that the foot-stand is k'laterally adjustable. l

Having described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The cornbination,with a foot-rest for bicycles and other like vehicles, of a foot-stand having an adjustable coupling for attaching the foot-stand to a crank-pin, substantially as and-for the purposes described. f

2. The combination, in a self-balancing footstand, of the hollow weight B and removable cap G, snbstantiallyas and for the described.

3. The combination of the selfbalancing foot-stand, the pivoted slotted plate C, hook F, and the loaded pendant B, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

4. In a self-balaneing foot-rest, the combi-l nation of a laterally-adjustable plate', a holor loosening the latter on a crank-pin, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially `vv'rLsoN KREssLY.,

Witnesses DAVID MOKENNA, G. T. OPLINGER.

crank-pin, as circumstances require.' The purposes low loaded pendant, and means Vfor tightening in themanner-and for the purposes described.

said weights are retained in the cavity H by in proper place on its wrist-pin; also, that the 

